Clothes pole supporting bracket



Jan. 6, 1953 w. P. MccAuLEY 2,624,468

CLOTHES POLE SUPPORTING BRACKET Filed March 27, 1950 LA. INVENTOR.

WAL TERE M 05A ULEY QWLC/ ATTUR Y Patented Jan. 6, 1953 UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE 1 Claim. 1

This invention relates to a combined clothes pole and shelf supportemployed in clothes closets and the like and has for the primary objectthe provision of a specially constructed brace, whereby the pole andshelf are supported one with the other.

The usual clothes closet is provided with a shelf for retaining articlesthereon and with a pole horizontally positioned in proximity thereto forcarrying garments, which garments are positioned on conventional hangershaving hooks adapted to be connected to the pole, whereby the hangersare suspended therefrom. The shelf and pole longitudinally extend inparallelism the full length of the closet and are secured to orotherwise supported on the rear and side walls thereof. In the majorityof closets the length of the poles are such as to be unable to support alarge quantity of clothes without sagging in the central portion thereofor breaking. The ends of the poles also often pull out of their supportswhen an excessive amount of weight is carried on the same.

An object of the present invention is the provision of two speciallyconstructed brackets, one of which is secured to the front edge portionof the shelf and another to the back end wall of the closet and beneaththe shelf and to extend a brace, preferably in the form of a rod,between the two brackets and to provide means on the brackets forcarrying the rod, whereby the rod is rigidly supported.

Another object of the present invention is to construct the device in amanner enabling the parts to be adjusted for accommodating the pole indifferent spaced locations from the shelf.

A further object of the present invention is the provision of animproved combined clothes pole and shelf support that is durable, simplein construction, economical to manufacture, and highly efficient andserviceable in use.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent during the course of thefollowing description.

In the accompanying drawing forming a part of the specification, whereinfor the purpose of illustration like numerals designate like partsthroughout the same,

Fig. 1 is a side View of the device shown partly in section and partlyin elevation,

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the front bracket,

Fig. 3 is a front end elevational view of the device, looking in thedirection of the arrow 3,

Fig. 4 is a front elevational view of the rear bracket employed in theinvention, and

Fig. 5 is a top plan view of the shelf and pole.

Referring in detail to the drawing and numerals thereof the numeral 1designates a conventional hook strip provided on the rear wall 8 of aclothes closet, disclosed in Fig. 1, form.- ing a part of said wallnumerals 9 and I0 designate the side walls of the closet, disclosed inFig. 5, and numeral II a shelf supported on the same. The shelf bracketis illustrated in Fig. 1 and consists of a channel shaped member 12adapted to snugly fit on the front edge portion of the shelf and issecured thereto by suitable screws I3. An elongated vertical lug I4 isformed on the front end portion of the bracket and an angular extendingboss [5 is formed on the front portion. A threaded aperture I6vertically extends through the lug l4 and a smooth aperture I1 is formedin the angular extending boss It. The rear or wall bracket is designatedby the numeral I8, is provided with an angular extending foot isthreadedly apertured, as at 2B, and secured to the hook strip 1 bysuitable screws 2|. A brace 22 preferably in the form of an elongatedround rod, externally threaded, as at 23, is provided and the upper endportion is positioned in the aperture H in the shelf bracket I2 and thelower end portion threaded into the angular extending foot [9 providedon the wall bracket [8. The clothes pole is designated by the numeral 24and is supported by the bracket l2, a suitable clamp 25, having a fixedthreaded bolt 26, functioning to secure the clamp to the bracket.

From the foregoing description taken in conjunction with theaccompanying drawing it will be apparent the shelf is rigidly supportedby the brace 22 extending in the shelf bracket 12 and wall bracket l8,respectively, and the clothes pole 24 depending from the said bracket I2is rigidly supported and prevented from sagging, pulling loose orbreaking when considerable weight is carried on the pole. One or anyother suitable number of braces can be employed to properly support theshelf and pole.

It is to be understood that the form of my invention herewith shown anddescribed is to be taken as a preferred example of the same and thatvarious changes relative to the shape, size, material and arrangement ofparts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of theinvention or the scope of the subjoined claim.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

A device for supporting a clothes pole in a clothes closet adjacent tothe clothes shelf of the closet, comprising a channel shaped bracket 3adapted to be mounted on the front end portion or the shelf andremovably secured thereto, an upwardly extending angular bracket spacedbeneaththe clothes shelf and adapted to be removably secured to the rearwall of the clothes closet, a rod extending at an angle between the twobrackets and adjustably supported in apertures therein, the said channelshaped bracket having a threaded vertical aperture therein, a clamp forsupporting the clothes pole and being equipped with a threaded rod forengagement with the threaded vertical aperture in said channel shapedbracket.

WALTER P. McCAULEY.

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